XIII. IT'S OKAY IF YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING ...he

                                                    THE OLD MAN IN THE RIVER

          One day a young went fishing.  He has all the top of the line fishing equiptments 
and picked a good spot to throw his fishing hook. A few moments later an old man came down by the river, started to look around for a good spot and started fishing under the shade of tree. Three hours and the old man had a basket full of fish while the young have only caught a few. Sundown came and the young man decided to call it a day with only a handful of fish to bring home.

         A week later the young man came earlier and occupied the spot where the old man sat a week ago and started to fish.  An hour later the old man came, again looked around and picked a spot near a big rock. Sundown came and the old man again had a basket full of catch while the young could only come up with half a dozen fish. He wondered why and resolved to ask the  old man next time how he was able to come up with a better catch.

        The next week when the old man came down the river he politely asked the old man how come he always catch more fish despite having inferior fishing rod. The old man smiled and said - " That's because you came here looking for the fish. Me before I pick a spot I look for the birds. They have  keener eyes than we do and they can clearly beneath the waters where the fishes stays. " 

       The moral lesson of the story is that if you want answers, try asking the people who have a keener knowledge of the topic. It's okay if you don't if you don't know everything, it doesn't make you less of a man if you go down your high horse and start asking for direction so you wouldn't lose your way.

        This reminded me of another story of another blond girl who bought several books on how to go ice fishing. Thinking that she knew everything there is to know she bought all the equipments needed to go ice fishing. The next week she picked a spot, and was about to dig through the ice when she heard a voice - "These is no fish under the ice "
She packed up and picked another spot and again about to break the ice when again she heard a voice - " There is no fish under the ice ". She decided to try again but again she heard the voice so she asked - " Is that you, Lord ? ". Again she heard the voice, " No I am not the Lord. I am the maintenance man and you're in a skating rink ! "